I remember Google had this deal before and they chose to end it [1] around the time it launched Google+. Seems like they have thrown in the towel on social :)
> Seems like they have thrown in the towel on social :)
They shouldn't. Anecdotally I've found that young kids seem to prefer google+ over facebook.
Mainly because you can control exactly who you share what with by using circles, and because parents are uneasy about letting kids go on social media (facebook), but email is an easier sell (gmail) and once you have gmail google+ is not far away.
[1] http://searchengineland.com/as-deal-with-twitter-expires-goo...